EMS Now Being Dispatched to Transport Satisfaction Surveys
HUNTERSVILLE, NC - Last week, emergency medical crews accepted a new challenge in this suburban North Carolina community. At the behest of health care administrators who decided that patient satisfaction data collection is "the...
Breaking: Nurse Successfully Resuscitates CPR Dummy Back to Human Life
NEW ORLEANS, LA - In some incredible news, critical care nurse Margie Casamento at Tulane Medical Center became the first health care practitioner to successful resuscitate a CPR dummy (or CPR manikin) back to human life....
Code Team Performs Ill-Timed Mannequin Challenge During CPR
JACKSONVILLE, FL - A code team at Jacksonville Medical Center (JMC) is under investigation after an ill-timed Mannequin Challenge during a cardiac arrest went viral but left a patient in critical condition.
"If there is...
NBC to Air Most Realistic Medical Show Since Scrubs, “INTOX”
NEW YORK, NY - In an effort to compete with CBS’s “Code Black,” next Friday NBC plans to air a brand new medical show called “INTOX” at 9 PM EST. Critics are already calling...
Nevada Nursing Facility Pioneering Breast-To-Mouth (B2M) Resuscitation
LAS VEGAS, NV - In the wake of bundled Medicare payments, a Nevada geriatric nursing facility run by neonatologist-turned-geriatrician, Dr. Hugh Mounds, has begun to implement breast-to-mouth (B2M) resuscitation for his patients.
“Our patient satisfaction...
Surgical Chief Resident Calls for ‘Baywatch CPR’ on the 98-Year-Old Nursing Home Patient Admitted...
As the first wave of respondents to the “code blue” call arrived at the 7 North nursing station, Dr. Stephanie Smith was overheard saying, “OK people let’s make a good show of this thing”.
Smith,...
Transfer Records Lacking Hundreds of Useless Pages
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Dr. Rajiv Katar, a physician at Philadelphia General Hospital, was astonished on Friday to receive transfer records that included a discharge summary – and only that – lacking the usual several-hundred-page...
Uber Boston Announces New Service in Partnership with Ambulance Drivers
BOSTON, MA – Ride-share company, Uber recently announced a new service in Boston called UberEMS. The new pilot program will only be available to those with MassHealth, Medicare or Medicaid. There will apparently be...
Champion Flight Nurse Locates Previously Undiscovered Vein During Field Code, Places 16G IV
ROCKY CREEK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, STONY BROOK, NY - The worlds of anatomy and flight medicine were abuzz with an incredible feat of intravenous access by a flight nurse Ivy Star, who was able to...
Inspira Health Systems Partners with Domino’s Pizza to Streamline Patient Transport
ANN ARBOR, MI - Capitalizing on their track record in efficient pizza delivery, Domino’s Pizza has recently branched out into the health care arena. Following lengthy negotiations and many pepperoni pizzas, Inspira Health Systems...
